processor question

[Sirrus]

A heatsink and fan combo is probably fine for a stock processor and getting liquid cooling would be needlessly expensive.

There are so many to choose from though... It's not like buying a processor or GPU or RAM where I just have to deal with specs.

Would this one be okay?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233001

Edit: stuff that's an AM2 socket.

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[Wedge]

Go on new egg, look for your processor, and click what other people bought. You could also try looking on the newegg pc build lists which will probably feature your processor and a compatible cooler. Finally you could ask for recommendations on the newegg forums.

Every processor I've bought came with a stock cooler so I can't really provide any other advice.

[Sirrus]

Oh yes. I actually opened the box and found a stock cooler.

I assume that will suffice if I am not OC'ing?

[Wedge]

Most likely. Google your processor and see if there's any complaints about the stock cooler failing. If not then you're probably fine. Shipping a cooler that doesn't cool the processor with the processor doesn't make much sense.